In 1997 the Ministry of Education launched a Programme for the Development of Educational Technologies (PSTD) having as its main stated goals: the provision of infrastructures to schools (PCs, internet connections, etc.); the improvement of teachers’ professional skills in using ICT; the improvement of effectiveness of learning and teaching methods and content; and the promotion of the use of I...

559 Nonetheless, the extent to which gifts of food and other items will actually decrease will not be known for some time. Terms such as “occasional” and “modest” are open to interpretation. And the gifts of food and educational items that are still allowed could influence physicians’ behavior and benefit industry. It is also uncertain whether the provision of fewer gifts will lead to a decreas...

The Stritch School of Medicine specifically calls upon the Jesuit tradition of education, which emphasizes the full development of its students, rigorous concern for the quality of its academic programs, and promotion of a broad educational curriculum that encourages leadership in the service of others and advances social justice. Our graduates are encouraged to be leaders in bringing improved ...

AGATA MALTESE1, MARGHERITA SALERNO2, GABRIELE TRIPI3,4, PALMIRA ROMANO5, ANNACLAUDIA RICCIARDI5, ANNABELLADI FOLCO1, TERESA DI FILIPPO1, LUCIA PARISI1 1Department of Psychological, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy 2Sciences for Mother and Child Health Promotion, University of Palermo, Italy 3Department PROSAMI, University of Palermo, Italy 4Childhood Psychiatri...

Although campus-wide smoking bans are slowly spreading throughout Japan, the uptake of these measures has been suboptimal and many Japanese university students continue to smoke. Educational facilities are in an ideal position to set positive examples for tobacco control, and the time is now right for more Japanese universities to actively encourage their students as health promotion advocates ...

background: drug abuse is now‑a‑days one of the gravest social harms. recent years have experienced a drastic rise in drug abuse among school and university students. thus, the need for special attention to the issue is deemed important. the present study was conducted with the aim of assessing the impact of life skills training on promotion of drug abuse preventive behaviors. methods: this fie...

background: faculty members are the main sources of universities. determination and promotion of their competencies lead to the overall performance promotion of universities. faculty members’ teaching competencies have the greatest role in the improvement of education, research and universities social services quality. therefore, in order to investigate this issue more carefully, this study aim...